Industry Committee
To Offer Plant Bonds
(Continued from page one)
Power Company tuts hooked OR
S7 aew he? ?? IhU year and all
profits from (he power company
gee* Into (be college endowment
tad far students. He said (hat
what's food (or a few people la
(he coaaty Is feed for alL
J. C. Goodnight said that the
new indutry will certainly assist
the tanners.
Hal Johnson of Shadowline said
that his concern needs more girls
in the county to wear their pro
ducts.
Fred Gragg of IRC ocmmemted
that he is 'looking forward to
having the shoe company as a I
neighbor.
Neil Faries of the Blue Ridge
Electric Corporation said that
hi s company is behind the new
industry.
Paul Winkler invited the group
to visit the new 180,000 church
being constructed near the shce
company building.
Glenn R. Andrews said that ad
ditional peorfe will bay Items in
(he coanty and (his will be goo-1
for everyone. Andrews bought
(he ftrot bonds ?o be sold la (he
RH.M campaign In Watauga
Osaa(y.
Max Dixon of the First Na
tional Rank said he represented
one of the smallest new busi
nesses in the county. He praised
Appalachian College, the new
hospital and the new industry.
It is his opinion that the county
oan't help but go forwiard.
Watauga Citziens, Inc., was
formed by the Watauga Indus
try Committee. Its officers and
directors are as follows: Clyde
R. Greene, chairman; W. Ralph
Winkler, vice chairman; Howard
Holshouser, vice - chairman;
Stanley A. Harris, secretary
treasurer. Directors are: E. F.
Coe, 0. K. Richardson, Glenn
Andrews, I. B. Wilson, James
Harsh, Robert Hardin, Alfred
Adams and D. L. Wilcox.
School, Hospital
Work Progresses
(Continued from page one)
project by the first of the
year," Mrs. Groce said, "and
we may be able to do it quite
a bit earlier than ttiat."
As is the case with the
school, architects and survey
ors will be called in as soon as
a site for the hospital is
Half truths are often more
dangerous than no truths.
Legal Notice
BOND ORDER AUTHORIZING
THE ISSUANCE OF $500,000
PUBLIC HOSPITAL BONDS
OF THE COUNTY OF
WATAUGA.
WHEREAS, the Board of
Commissioners of the County
of Watauga deems it advisable
that the County erect and equip
a new public hospital in order
to provide adequate hospital
facilities for the inhabitants of
said County and desires to pro
vide for the financing of a por
tion of the cost of erecting and
equipping the necessary build
ing or buildings and of acquir
ing a suitable site; NOW,
THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDERED by the
Board of Commissioners of the
County of Watauga as follows:
Section 1. The Board of Com
missioners of the County of
Watauga has ascertained and
hereby determines that, in or
der to provide adequate public
hospital facilities for the in
habitants of said County, it will
be necessary to erect and ?quip
a new building or buildings for
use as public hospital facilities
and to acquire a suitable site
therefor, it necessary, within
the County.
Section 2. In order to provide
funds for such purpose in ad
dition to any funds which may
be made available for such
Kurpose from any other source,
onds of the County of Wata
uga are hereby authorized and
shall be issued pursuant to The
County Finance Act of North
Carolina. The maximum aggre
Kte principal amount of said
nds authorized by this bond
order shall be Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($500,000).
Section 3. A tax sufficient to
pay the principal of and inter
est on said bonds when due
shall be annually levied and
collected.
Section 4. A statement of the
County debt of the County of
Watauga has been filed with
the Clerk of the Board of Com
missioners of said County and
is open to public inspection.
Section 9. This bond order
shall take effect when approved
by the voters of the County at
an election as provided in said
Act."
The foregoing bond order
was finally passed on the 16th
day of September, 1963, and
was first published on the 26th
day of September, 1963. Any
action or proceeding question
ing the validity of said order
must be commenced within
thirty days after its first publi
cation.
I. B. WILSON,
Clerk of the Board
Of Commissioners Of
Watauga County.
North Carolina
M6-2C
Mayor Writes
(Continued from page one)
from California) butter beans,
carrots, celery, etc., home
grown; then eggi and every kind
of cheese.
Their method ? they bring it
early even before we were
there, then the jobbers go
around and buy in large lots
to re-sell to the merchants down
town (no retail) then after the
best is sold smaller buyers
come by and pick up odds and
ends ? then at 8:30 they re
group what is left, take it into
a large building and auction
it off. We couldn't stay for
the auction but from our guide's
description they got rid of all
of it.
It is similar to home: the
farmer gets enly a fraction of
what the consumer finally pays.
But also as with our farmers
they seemed hsppy and whether
we could talk with them or not
they always recognized a smile
and returned it.
Tomorrow we leave for Am
sterdam and on to Moscow,
Regards,
Wade E. Brown.
Eye Clinic
'Continued from page on*)
ing.
The Welfare Department will
screen the list to see who will
be in need of financial help,
and their report will be return
ed to the Health Department.
Children certified by the Wel
fare Department will receive
their glasses free of charge, and
their glasses will be paid for
by the Boone Lions Club Eye
Clinic. Children not certified
by the Welfare Department will
be required to buy their own
glasses, at no cost to the eye
clinic.
Adults that are in need of
this service must be certified
by the Welfare Department in
order to receive the services of
the eye clinic.
New Golf Course
(Continued from page one)
alio for (airway*. The semi
automatic system will place the
golf course among the few la
the ftate wlht sprinkler* for the
entire count.
Another lake, one which mir
ror* the encompassing moun
tain* and i* already present,
will be a hazard of one of the
wi|)e, smooth greens.
:: The course is the first im
portant phase of a long-range
plan. Future projects will in
clude a handsome clubhouse
where an old plantation home
now stands.- There will be ad
ditional facilities including a
swimming pool and tennis
courts.
A principal, component part
of the plan is a residential sub
division in the higher, smooth
areas, where a panoramic view
will include golf coarse and
mountains.
Ths broad charter held by the
corporation includes rights to
acquire, buy, hold, rent, de
velop, sell, convey, mortgage,
exchange, improve and other
wise deal in and dispose of real
estate of every nature and de
scription; to subdivide, plot and
develop land and property for
sale.
The 800-acre tract under de
velopment by the corporation
was formerly one of the old
est, largest and most valuable
plantations in the foothills sec
tion of the state. Originally
owned by Charlie Coffey, It lat
er became the property of his
daughter and her husband, Jane
Coffey Powell and Haywood
Powell. Other owoers have In
cluded Walter Barger, Jack
Taylor of Lenoir, Carl Clements
of Hickory. The most recent
owner was W. F. Gaddy of
North Wilkesboro.
The new golf course follows
a current American trend found
in many large residential de
velopments. Statistics indicate
40 per cent of the 400 private
country clubs started in recent
months are included in real es
tate developments.
Florida, with California run
ning a close second, is the lead
ing state in residential golf
course promotions.
More than 100 fairway de
velopments are now under con
struction in 29 states. The new
one near Lenoir Will rival any
of them in fascination for golf
ers.
Some people do not care to
improve their lot ? they are
hopeless.
Prosperity will not abound in
this country if the farmer loses
his profits.
Doing favors for people is
habit-forming, in both direct
ion*.
Prepares To Haul Another Load
Robert White stands beside bis truck pre
paratory to leaving Watauga County with
still another load of produce.
Robert White, Veteran Trucker,
Claims Produce Hauling Record
Robert White, 52 years old
and a truck driver by profes
sion, has probably hauled more
produce out of Watauga County
than any other man alive or
dead.
In the IS years he has worked
for V. C. Shore Produce Co.
of Boone and Bigger* Bros. Co.
in Charlotte, he estimates that
the extent of his driving has
worn out seven or eight new
trucks, one of which he drove
over 500,000 miles before it
gave out on him.
He is unable to even estimate
the number of trucks he has
worn out or the astronomical
number of miles he has driven
(whatever the figure is, it is
well into the millions) in the
20 years that he has hauled
agricultural produce full-time.
And even before that, he was
? part-time truck driver as well
as a farmer and general handy
man. "I ain't scared of work,"
he says; and from his record,
you have to believe it.
\yhite continues, "I'm dumb
ill a way ? can't read nor write
-fbut I can get up and down
road and find my way
around. My mommy was named
Work and my daddy's name was
Get-Another-Job. That's all I
know."
White has always been able
to get another job. Born in
Wilmington, N. C., he moved to
Boone at an early age and was
soon driving full-time for Good
night Bros. Co. "That must have
been about 1939," he reminisces.
"I was the first driver they
ever had."
"Then I went to work for
Hollars Produce Comapny,
which don't exist now. But I
hauled for them for 16 years."
Though his work takes him
sometimes to points as far away
as Florida, White calls Boone
his home. He lives on North
Depot Street, with his wife,
Minnie, and six children. He
is also a member of a Baptist
church in Boone, where he is a
deacon and also serves on the
church finance committee. "I
joined the church in 1937," he
says, "and I'd still rather go to
church than do anything else.
I go every chance I get."
White is obviously a man
who loves his job. "If there's
anything I'd rather haul than a
load of cattle," he says, "it's a
big load of Irish potatoes. But
111 haul anything they ask me
to, and do anything I can to
help out around the warehouse.
And I'll enjoy doing it, too."
Hi* favorite truckload of
goods, though, was neither cat
tle nor potatoes. "Back in 1947,
two highway patrolmen in
Boone ? R. B. Parker and Tom
my Robinson ? had confiscated
a big load of liquor, and I was
hired to haul it all to Raleigh.
Three hundred and sixty-five
cases of liquor, and they
wouldn't let me drink any of
it." He laughs when he says,
"That was the only time in my
whole career that I felt like
I was tied down."
And oh, ye* ? about that truck
that White drove over a half
a million miles. "When I turn
ed it over down in Florida," he
says, "it was about to fall apart
anyway. I Just said to myself,
'01* Coon's ran it a long time,
but it finally caught up with
me at last'."
1 White has had four wrecks
? all minor ? in his millions of
miles of driving. "But only one
fourth of 'em was my fault," he
emphasizes. "When I drive for
a man, I want him to know he
can trust me."
His present employer trusts
him. That much is obvious.
"There's no 'question but that
he's hauled more produce out
of Watauga than anybody else,"
Mr. Shore said. "He's hauled
many a load of fertilizer in to
grow the stuff with too. And
he'll probably be doing so for
years to come."
Demonstration Council
Holds September Meet
The Watauga County Home
Demonstration Council held their
last regular meeting of the year
September 13 in the borne agent's
office. Mrs. A. E. Vannoy gave
the devotional and the previous
minutes were read and approved.
Final plans were made for
Home 'Demonstration Achieve
ment Day to be held October 24
at the Boone Methodist Church.
Mrs. Frank Phillips of Avery
County will be the speaker. (Mrs.
J. C. Goodnight is chairman of
the exhibit committee, and each
club will have an exhibit.
Hodges Gap and Cove Creek
Clubs gave more money to tbe
Citizenship Fund which was $50
short of the goal. It was an
nounced that $123.40, in the coun
cil treasury will go to the iHome
Demonstration Building fund.
Mis. Earl Petrey and Mrs. Don
Hodges were selected to buy <a
going-awiay gift for Mrs. Martha
Jenkins, and one for the guest
speaker, Mrs. Phillips.
The scrapbook committee for
1934 is Mrs. J. C. Cliae, chair
man, iMrs. Howard Dancy and
Mrs. Don Hodges. Mrs. Clyde
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president and secretary for tibe
county council.
' It was announced that all
Home Demonstration achieve
ment blanks are due in the
agent's office by October U, and
that the handbooks are avail
able at 20 cents a copy.
BOOST FOB DEFENSE
The Senate Appropriations
Committee has recommended
$289,000,000 more in defense
money than was voted by the
House.
In explaining the Senate com
mittee's action, Senator Re
sell, (D.-Ga.), chairman of the
Armed Service Committee said:
"I think we are making a very
serious mistake in abandoning
our manned aircraft."
Most of the increase would
go for additional aircraft, mis
siles and similar military hard
ware.
Fashion Note
Hats tend to have a heavy
look with fur and velour as
favorite materials.
Washington Report
Washington, D. C.? The af
termath of the debate on ratif
ication of the nuclear teat-ban
treaty included sentiment that
the United States waa placed in
the position of being committed
before the Senate actually acted
to ratfy the document.
Critics pointed to the fact
that almost a hundred nations
signed the treaty after ita com
pletion In Moscow by Ameri
can, British and Russian o
ficials. In addition to the fact
that they signed it, some of
these countries signed only af
ter U. S. solicitation.
Some Senators felt it waa
hardly possible, under such con
ditions, for the 'Senate to re
fuae to ratify the treaty. And
President John F. Kennedy
had gone on record as saying
the government was commited
to the treaty before the ratifica
tion vote, which made it even
harder to cast a negative vote.
In short, the Senate might in
sist that U. S. commitment wait
until the Senate haa fully de
bated and ratified treaties in
the future, even though few be
lieve such procedure would
have changed the outcome In
the Senate on the test-ban pact.
The margin in favor of ratifica
tion might have been reduced.
There are those in Washing
ton, and some in Congress, who
were not happy to see President
Kennedy meeting again with
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei
Gromyko, the man who lied
directly to the President last
year about missiles in Cuba.
Nor is Dictator Tito of Yugo
slavia to be welcomed by all
when he calls on President
Kennedy later in the year. Tito
has made many misstatements
about the United States over
the years, especially about
American workers being ex
ploited, and has strutted his
stuff with world leaders of
late.
Adding Kennedy to his list
will enhance his reputation in
Yugoslavia and help the com
munist cause in Yougoslavia.
The White House, however,
looks upon both the Gromyko
and Tito meetings as highly
valuable, despite misgivings
elsewhere.
The Goldwater bandwagon is
rolling along, with at least four
| prominent members of the Ei
senhower Administration re
! portedly casting their lot with
the Arizona Senator, Such fi
gures as George Humphrey,
Sinclair Weeks, Ezra Benson,
and others are said to lean to
Goldwater, though official en
dorsements have not been
made.
In fact, Goldwater is not yet
officially a candidate. The lat
est Gallup Poll shows his popu
larity remaining at a high level
but also shows Governor Nelson
Rockefeller making a slight re
covery from his post-remarriage
low.
In some circles the convic
tion is growing that the mn
who might (top Goldwater is
Governor George Romney of
Michigan. Goldwtter faithful
see a lot of behind-the-acenes
maneuvering pointing to Rom
ney, including several quiet
meeting* among traditional
leaders of the Republican
Party.
It would be accurate to toy
that if Goldwater wins the no
mination and thereby control
of the GOP a revolution will
take place in the ranks of the
party's leadership. And it
might be thst Goldwater will
already have won control of
the psirty by nominating time.
It la now obvious that a vic
tory by Goldwater would bring
about the most complete change
of political philosophy and
thinking in the United States
in thirty years. It would amount
to a revolution in the same
sense that the New Deal did in
1933. The revolution would af
fect philosophy, personnel and
every taxpayer In the country.
FIREMAN FOR ?1 YEARS
Cleveland, Tenn. ? Holding a
record as the oldest fire chief
in the United States, both in
age and years of service, 76
year-old Lawrence F. McDaris
recalls that Theodore Roosevelt
had just been sworn in as pres
ident when he became a fire
man.
McDaris joined the fire de
partment at the age of 15 and
has been chief for the last 28
years.
Brushy Fork
Home Club
The Brushy Fork Home De
monstration Club met with Mri.
Keba Brooks and Mrs. Bessie
Bingham Thursday, September
IB. Miss Maude Perry gave the
devotion and led the prayer.
The group sang "O Master let
me walk with Thee" and re
peated the club collect. The
minutes of last meeting were
read and approved.
Mrs. Danner made several
announcements concerning the
coming events of the club. Mrs.
Reatha Wilson, Mrs. Dora
Green., and Mrs. Martha
Greene wee asked to attend a
special meeting on Chistmas
ideas to give the club next
month. The club will display
crewel embroidery in their
Achievement Day booth.
Mrs. Martha Greene gave a
project report on household
hints, and Mrs. Danner gave a
very helpful demonstration on
"Are you a good consumer?"
Delicious refreshments were
served to 18 members and one
visitors, Mrs. Marsha Smith,
and a new member, Mrs. Mar
garet Herndon.
Mrs. Ivalee Dancey and Mrs.
Dora Greene gave a short re
view on the National Citizen
ship Conference in which Mrs.
Dancey was the county repre
sentative. Mrs. Dancey will give
a county report at the Home
Demonstration A c h i e v ement
Program on November 1.
Soviet crop loss estimated at
10 per cent.
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It's a state of mind or
it isn't honesty."
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